VILLEFRANCHE, France (Dec. 16, 2016) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze rig a heaving line to a busy from a rigid hull inflatable boat. Nitze, deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security interests in Europe.

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